Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 374 · 40 questions

Robot tip (Sense, think, act): A robot senses (sensors), thinks (a controller runs a program) and acts (motors and other parts). If a machine only moves when a person pushes or controls it, and cannot sense or decide, it is not a robot. The shape does not matter: arms, cars, boxes and drones can all be robots.

1. 1.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
3. 3.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) no, any shape works (c) only in films (d) yes, always
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a bicycle (c) a delivery robot (d) a pair of scissors
6. 6.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a hand whisk (c) a ceiling fan (d) a pool-cleaning robot
10. 10.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a factory robot arm (c) a warehouse robot (d) a planet rover
12. 12.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a pool-cleaning robot
16. 16.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
19. 19.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) hard, forced work (c) a city name (d) a kind of metal
20. 20.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the robot’s wheels (c) the battery (d) nobody at all
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
22. 22.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it has a face (c) it is made of metal (d) it is very big
23. 23.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a wind-up toy (c) a factory robot arm (d) a ceiling fan
24. 24.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a ceiling fan
26. 26.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wind-up toy (c) a line-follower robot (d) a bicycle
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a wind-up toy (c) a pair of scissors (d) a parcel-sorting robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a skateboard (c) a wind-up toy (d) a floor-cleaning robot
29. 29.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a warehouse robot
31. 31.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a factory robot arm (c) a wind-up toy (d) a robot lawn mower
33. 33.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) only move fast (c) eat, sleep and play (d) sense, think and act
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pair of scissors
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a robot lawn mower
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand whisk (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a factory robot arm
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a planet rover (c) a bicycle (d) a robot lawn mower
40. 40.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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